Steam-radiator



(No Model.)

B. MANSELL.

STEAM RADIATOR. No. 360,319. Patented Mar. 29,1887.

UNITED STATES PATENT rErcE.

ED\V,IN MANSELL, OF COLDV ATER, MXCHIGAN.

STEAM-RADIATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 360,319, dated March29, 1887,

Application filed October 9, 1886.

Serial No. 215,761. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN MAEsE L, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Goldwater, in the county of Branch and State of Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steam-Radiators;and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, which will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification,and in which- Figure l is a longitudinal vertical sectional viewof myimproved steam-radiator; and Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view online 00 m, Fig. 1.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both thefigures.

My invention has relation to that class of steainradiators having seriesof doubled radiating pipes, and having an inlet-valve at one end of thebase and an outlet-valve at the other end of the base; and it consistsin the improved construction and combination of parts of such a radiatorhaving each series of radiating pipes secured to a separate chamber, andhaving means for blowing off the water of condensation from thedrip-chamber by means of the live steam let into the inlet end of theradiator, as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.-

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A indicates the radiator-pipes,which are secured with their lower ends in the top B of the secondarysteanrchamber 0, formed in the base of the radiator, each row ofradiator-pipes being secured in a separate chamber, partitions Dseparating the chambers.

At one end of the secondary chambers the inlet-chamber E is formed, thesaid chamber communicating with the secondary chambers throughvalve-seats F in the bottoms of the secondary chambers, and theiulet-ehamber is provided with the steam-pipe G and is supported uponsuitable legs, H. At the other end of the secondary chambers theexhaustchamber or dripchamber I is secured, being of the same shape andconstruction as the steam-chamber, having valve-apertures J, and beingsupported upon the legs of the radiator.

A pipe K, extends from the inner wall of the steam-chamber to the innerwall of the drip-chamber, conveying steam from the one chamber to theother, and valves L fit upon the valve-seats,having suitablyscrew-threaded stems M and handwheels N for operating them. Thedrip-chamber is provided with the drip or exhaust pipe 0. It will now beseen that the steam enters the steam-chamber continually when thegenerator is in constant operation, and when the valves are closed thesteam will pass from the steam-chamber to the dripehamber, driving outall condense-water and preventing the said water from freezing,\vhich itis liable to do in radiators placed in exposed positions.

When one or more of the inlet-valves are opened and their correspondingoutlet-valves are also opened, steam will be admitted into therespective secondary chambers and into their respective radiator-pipes,and the steam passing through the connecting-pipe having already drivenout all the condense-Water, there will be no water-hammer, as is liableto be heard in other radiators.

Each series of radiating pipes having its own secondary chamber and itsown set of pipes, one or more series of the pipes may be supplied withsteam, according to the temperature desired to be obtained in the room,and it will be seen that in this manner the temperature of a room may bemore perfectly governed than in radiators in which the heat must beregulated by the quantity of steam admitted into the radiator, all thepipes being connected to one common chamber.

Any number of series of pipes may be employed, and the construction ofthe radiating pipes and of the chambers may be varied according to thestyle of radiator desired, and the construction of the valves and seatsmay be varied, removable -seats being used, if de sired, andvalve-bodies of any shape and operated by any shape of stems may beused, according to the preference and fancy of the person using theradiator.

lhe shape of the steam-chamber and its appurtenances is similar to theconstruction of the drip-chamber, so that either end of the radiator maybe used for steam inlet or outlet, the shape of both ends being thesame,while the functions of the parts are different.

The upper ends of the radiator-pipes may be connected by return-jointsI, as shown in the drawings, or they may be closed each separate, andthe upper ends are preferably covered with a suitable top, and this top,as well as the pipes and the base, may be ornamented and shaped in anysuitable manner, according to the taste and fancy of the manufacturerand purchaser.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States- In a steam-radiator, thecombination of a longitudinally-divided secondary steam-chamber having asteanrcliambcwat one end and "Witnesses:

GEORGE IRVIN BoLLEs, RosE BELL CARPENTER.

